Remote Senior Backend Engineer - AI for HealthTech

Far Coder; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Remote-First Team

Unlimited PTO & 11 Holidays

401(k) with match

Parental Leave

Job summary

SmarterDx is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer with applied AI experience to help build the systems powering clinical AI products. You’ll work at the intersection of backend engineering, ML, and product development, delivering production applications that combine traditional software with AI capabilities.

This role is fully remote within the US. You’ll collaborate with Data Scientists and Product engineers to turn models and experiments into reliable, scalable solutions for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience building backend and cloud-based systems.
• Expertise in Python and/or TypeScript with strong fundamentals.
• Experience building LLM-powered applications deployed to production.
• Experience integrating models into larger software systems, not just model training.
• Experience collaborating with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, or research teams.
• Experience designing APIs, services, data models, and event-driven workflows.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems.
• Strong emphasis on reliability, observability, and security.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and launch backend services and product capabilities with LLMs and ML models.
• Create production-grade workflows around model inference and tool use.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to move experiments into reliable production.
• Develop evaluation and observability to improve AI system performance.
• Design backend architectures that handle probabilistic model outputs gracefully.
• Work with clinical and operational data across structured and unstructured formats.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, data science, and clinical teams.
• Improve backend architecture to scale SmarterDx applications.
• Protect patient privacy and security through secure coding practices.
• Research and advocate for better techniques as the applied AI ecosystem evolves.
• Support SmarterDx’s applications and AI systems in production.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

TypeScript

LLM-powered apps

APIs & data models

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Cloud-native systems

Security & privacy

Collaboration with data scientists

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Terraform

Snowflake

Datadog

LangChain

Job description

SmarterDx is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer with applied AI experience to help build the systems powering clinical AI products. You’ll work at the intersection of backend engineering, ML, and product development, delivering production applications that combine traditional software with AI capabilities.

This role is fully remote within the US. You’ll collaborate with Data Scientists and Product engineers to turn models and experiments into reliable, scalable solutions for